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Neither, and neither. Unlike the majority, it seems, I think UFOs/other weird stuff is a legitimate interest that doesn't necessarily say anything about the interested party's sanity or lack thereof.
Having said this, there are a lot of whackos into The Weird who get a lot more press and are a lot more "interesting" from a tabloid journalism POV than people who have a cautious, skeptical interest.
Full disclosure: I'm one of the skeptically interested. I don't think it's ALL made up, but I do think a lot of the things seen (particularly near military bases) are either mistakes or the government's super-secret stuff. Large bureaucracies aren't great, it seems, at keeping secrets, so it makes sense to me that slip ups where the tech shows up in front of civilians can and do occur.
And yeah, I think the U.S. govt. probably is interested in unidentified aerial phenomena, or at least were during the Cold War - it would be foolish from a political/military standpoint not to be. I rather suspect that instead of some grand coverup conspiracy it's more likely that world governments don't know any more than the public does.
I do think both UFO "believers" and avid debunkers are both often too enamored with their own conclusions to look at the subject rationally.
So, do y'all think that I'M visionary or bonkers? Or both? :P
Neither, and neither. Unlike the majority, it seems, I think UFOs/other weird stuff is a legitimate interest that doesn't necessarily say anything about the interested party's sanity or lack thereof.
Having said this, there are a lot of whackos into The Weird who get a lot more press and are a lot more "interesting" from a tabloid journalism POV than people who have a cautious, skeptical interest.
Full disclosure: I'm one of the skeptically interested. I don't think it's ALL made up, but I do think a lot of the things seen (particularly near military bases) are either mistakes or the government's super-secret stuff. Large bureaucracies aren't great, it seems, at keeping secrets, so it makes sense to me that slip ups where the tech shows up in front of civilians can and do occur.
And yeah, I think the U.S. govt. probably is interested in unidentified aerial phenomena, or at least were during the Cold War - it would be foolish from a political/military standpoint not to be. I rather suspect that instead of some grand coverup conspiracy it's more likely that world governments don't know any more than the public does.
I do think both UFO "believers" and avid debunkers are both often too enamored with their own conclusions to look at the subject rationally.
So, do y'all think that I'M visionary or bonkers? Or both? :P
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Date: 2009-09-14 07:08 am (UTC)I believe in the possibility of extraterrestial life, while at the same time being skeptical of the unrestrained true believers. I'm just not sure why an advanced alien species would be so interested in us, unless we're just the first folks they found in this big, wide universe. (Though South Park was probably closer to the mark with "Earth" being a popular reality show - - )
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Date: 2009-09-15 01:26 am (UTC)My hair's not big enough to be truly crazed. But, it's a thought. Maybe a Dr. Who scarf would sell it? :P
In all seriousness, UFO doesn't necessarily have to = aliens. Or not all, maybe not even some. The longer I've looked at the topic the more I've concluded that that assumption can't be made - I don't think there's a huge amount of evidence that only points at extraterrestrials, anyway.